diff --git a/srcpkgs/rust/template b/srcpkgs/rust/template
index d000f27dd4a..67dd4179ec4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rust/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rust/template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ build_style=configure
 make_build_args="dist VERBOSE=1"
 only_for_archs="i686 x86_64 x86_64-musl"
 hostmakedepends="cmake curl pkg-config python"
-makedepends="libffi-devel llvm ncurses-devel zlib-devel"
+makedepends="libffi-devel llvm ncurses-devel libxml2-devel zlib-devel"
 short_desc="Safe, concurrent, practical systems language"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.rust-lang.org/"